Single use scleral marker

Abstract

A single-use scleral marker, including a one-piece molded-plastic marker having an elongate body; a pair of opposite forked ends, and a pair of removable guards, each of the guards encircling one of the ends and having connection ends which connect the guard to the body, wherein the connection ends may be broken by exerting a bending force thereon to enable the guard to be removed.

1. A single-use scleral marker, comprising: a one-piece molded-plastic marker having an elongate body; a pair of opposite forked ends, and a pair of removable guards, each of the guards encircling one of the ends and having connection ends which connect the guard to the body, wherein the connection ends may be broken by exerting a bending force thereon to enable the guard to be removed. 
     
     
       2. The marker of  claim 1 , wherein each guard comprises a curved strip positioned to lie in a common horizontal plane with the forked end. 
     
     
       3. A method of administering a sterile intravitreal injection using a packaged single-use scleral marker, comprising the steps of:
 providing a scleral marker comprising a one-piece molded-plastic marker having an elongate body; a pair of opposite forked ends, and a pair of removable guards, each of the guards encircling one of the ends and having connection ends which connect the guard to the body, 
 breaking the connection ends of one of the guards by exerting a bending force and removing the guard from one of the forked ends to expose the forked end, and 
 using the exposed forked end to mark an intravitreal injection site.